HC notice to NIA on bail applications of 2 IM operatives

The counsel said in the present case “the prosecution has time and again during the probe of the matter prior to filing of final report sought extension of judicial custody of the accused persons primarily on the ground that the investigation is being conducted at different places in states like Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka to collect evidence of the culpability of accused persons in the larger conspiracy hatched by the member of Indian Mujahiddin in the instant case”.

“When the prosecution was unable to gather vital evidence for prosecuting the accused persons within 180 days it played a fraud on the court and in order to deny the accused persons their right of compulsory bail/bail by default an incomplete report was filed which was devoid of the information for reasons of which previously numerous extensions in custody of the accused persons as well as investigation period were granted,” the applications said.

In its charge sheet, NIA has said the five persons were active members of the banned terror outfit and were hatching a conspiracy to carry terror acts in the country. 

NIA had earlier alleged in the court that Maqbool and Imran had recced Hyderabad's Dilsukhnagar area where two bombs exploded on February 21 this year claiming 16 lives. 

The blasts in Hyderabad were triggered by IEDs planted near Konark and Venkatadiri theatres in Dilsukhnagar area.